Boston in February is generally a cold and dry affair. But this month, there is a significant amount of heat radiating from TD Boston Garden — as well as young Boston Celtics superstars Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. That duo is making it rain on a regular basis as the Celtics hit the home stretch of the NBA season.
With team dynamics finally coalescing around new head coach Joe Mazzulla, the Celtics are stronger than ever before. They’re a team that any player would be excited to join.
Thankfully, if you’re a free agent in the tech industry this winter, quite a few Boston-based companies are building their own superstar lineups. These are organizations with lofty goals, offering generous compensation and perks aimed at attracting the best and brightest players in Beantown.
Read on to find out more about two of these outstanding tech teams and how you can join their efforts to contribute to a championship-caliber organization.
What they do: Rue Gilt Groupe is an e-commerce portfolio company that connects more than 35 million shoppers with labels and designers through its three brands: Gilt, Rue La La and Shop Premium Outlets.
The Perks
- A continuing education stipend of $5,000 a year toward education expenses to encourage their career development
- 25 percent off products from the company’s brands, free shipping and personal concierge assistance
- Partnerships with nonprofits including the NAACP, American Nurses Foundation, BCRF, GLSEN, Project Glimmer and the Trevor Project
The chance to truly develop: “Over the years, the flexibility to grow and learn at Rue Gilt Groupe has afforded me several opportunities to learn about blending data, strategy and consumer behaviors, which are all skills that drive tangible business impact,” Director of Growth Marketing Neha Mazhar told Built In last November. “The opportunity to continuously learn and be challenged with new experiences has continued to keep me motivated and engaged. My Rue Gilt Groupe journey has led me from retention marketing to analytics to growth marketing, and I picked up a whole set of new skills at every turn.”
What they do: Tamr’s data mastering platform employs SaaS and cloud-native solutions; uses artificial intelligence, machine learning and human curation to consolidate data; and allows customers to use data product templates to consolidate messy source data into clean, curated and analytics-ready datasets.
The Perks
- Up to 18 weeks of parental leave for the primary caretaker and 10 for the secondary
- Subsidized back up childcare through Care.com
- Customized development tracks, a mentorship program and online subscriptions for continued learning
Advanced stats: Tamr recently published research surveying more than 500 data leaders on their enterprise data initiatives for 2023. The results of their inquiries show just how much companies need data mastery services.
“As countless leaders have learned, building a data-driven culture centered on managing data as an asset or product is the cornerstone of successful digital transformation,” Andy Palmer, co-founder, chairman and CEO, said in a press release. “Although we’ve seen companies make significant strides over the past decade, our research shows that many organizations still have a long road ahead. Organizations must embrace change to deliver clean, curated, continuously updated data products assembled from thousands of source systems to all potential data consumers in their enterprise.”
